The United States is reportedly prepared to conduct a pre-emptive conventional military strike against North Korea, if officials believe the regime is on the verge of conducting a nuclear weapons test.

Trump said via Twitter Thursday that he has “great confidence that China will properly deal with North Korea. If they are unable to do so, the U.S., with its allies, will!”

“Two things are coming together this weekend,” said retired Adm. James Stavridis, former commander of NATO and an NBC analyst. “One is the distinct possibility of a sixth North Korean nuclear weapons detonation and the other is an American carrier strike group, a great deal of firepower headed right at the Korean Peninsula.”